Increasingly, we pay much less attention to original wisdom and the wisemen who laid the foundations for much of our present-day thinking. With the easy accessibility of Internet and the social media, we very often overlook that information comes from somewhere and usually someone. So frequently, th

Today’s entry is about a turning point in learning and communication. Louis Braille Inventor and teacher (1809-1852) He was the son of a harness maker of the village of Coupvray, outside Paris. At the age of 3, while playing in his father’s workshop, he drove an awl into his left

Here’s another story to get you thinking taken from Aesop’s Fables. We think it is especially relevant at these times when most people seem to be racing here and there, but as we say in England “getting nowhere quickly”. We think this story goes hand in hand with what the illustrious Chinese philoso

2018 Already Can you believe it? Happy New Year!!! This year I’m going to… (feel free to borrow any ideas) Spend more time with my family and friends. We’re going to speak English nearly all the time!! Do more exercise. I’ll listen to fantastic music in English while I